2024 Compare Cities Education:
Evanston, IL vs Bloomington, IL

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Highlights
- Bloomington spends 22.5% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Bloomington than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bloomington had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILBloomington, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$16,974$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$15,275$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$9,416$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9713.1816.23
 Students per Librarian14805904573
 Students per Counselor481756530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.4%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%19.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%47.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.9%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.7%1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 10 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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